The History of Computers: From ENIAC to Modern Day

The History of Computers: From ENIAC to Modern Day

by Alan Pinter

1. 1: ENIAC

1.1. 1946

1.2. John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly

2. 14: Modern Day

2.1. Mac

2.1.1. 1984

2.1.2. Apple Computer

2.2. Windows

2.2.1. 1985

2.2.2. Microsoft

3. 4: The Integrated Circuit

3.1. 1958

3.2. Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce

4. 5: Computer Mouse

4.1. 1964

4.2. Douglas Engelbart

5. 2: Transistor

5.1. 1947/1948

5.2. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley

6. 13: DOS & Lisa

6.1. 1981 & 1983

6.2. Microsoft & Apple

7. 3: FORTRAN Computer Programming Language

7.1. 1954

7.2. John Backus & IBM

8. 7: The "Floppy" Disk

8.1. 1971

8.2. Alan Shugart &IBM

9. 6: ARPAnet

9.1. 1969

9.2. The original Internet

10. 10: VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software

10.1. 1978

10.2. Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston

11. 9: Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers

11.1. 1976/1977

12. 11: WordStar Software

12.1. 1979

12.2. Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby

13. 8: Xerox Star & Ethernet

13.1. 1973

13.2. Robert Metcalfe & Xerox

14. 12: The IBM PC - Home Computer

14.1. 1981

14.2. IBM